LUCKY 13: A Modest Proposal Regarding Genealogy Grants
Will consider applications for family treasures found not only in pawn stores, but also at flea markets, in antiques stores, on eBay. etc. Main objective is to rescue orphaned heirlooms.
Family Tree’s Chris O’Dowd Threatens to Show Up at Your House
Chris O'Dowd of 'Family Tree' answered some questions about the series and a variety of other topics.
Genealogy Round Up, May 9
HBO's Family Tree First of Four Genealogy Series to Air in U.S. Celebrity Roots - Barack Obama, Annie Moore, Top Chef, USS Monitor and others.
Jon Hamm and Megan Smolenyak
I recently got to meet Jon Hamm and it turned out he had read my recent Huffington Post piece about his roots and was kind enough to sign a copy.
Family Tree Mockumentary Coming to HBO on May 12th!
Family Tree Mockumentary Coming to HBO on May 12th!
Genealogy Round Up, April 25
Seton Shields Genealogical Research Grants - Apply for a Grant. Family Tree on HBO Starts May 12th!
Genealogy Round Up, April 18
Genealogy and History Interviews and Lectures. How a genealogy project unintentionally produced an incest avoidance app
Seton Shields Genealogical Grant Award
The grant will be used to have the 1953 Centennial edition of the Du Quoin Evening Call reprinted to celebrate the town's 100th anniversary.
The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation Board
The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. announced today that Christopher “Kip” Forbes and Jeffrey Gural have joined its Board of Directors.
Smolenyak Classic: Finding Knute Rockne in the Ellis Island Database
The manifest that included Knute Rockne had been difficult to find. I decided to have a go at finding the record myself, and I discovered that he was indeed remarkably well-hidden in the database.